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Say a uranium-238 nucleus with angular momentum II decays to thorium-234 plus an alpha particle. Will the sum of the angular momenta of the thorium-234 nucleus and the alpha particle equal II? What if a photon was emitted during this process, would Ithorium+Iα+hbar=II? thanks

Why isn't the Orbital angular momentum quantum number in the nuclear shell model restricted by the principal quantum number like it is in the atomic shell model? Also, does the principal quantum number even correspond to energy in the shell model?

Thanks for the responses guys. After reading them, my understanding is that the M field is defined this way conventionally because it is more convenient. This is allowed because, by rearranging the equation M=X_{m}H in order to solve for M, one gets: M=\frac{X_{m}}{X_{m}+1} \frac{B}{u_{0}}...

The M field is the density of induced or permanent magnetic dipole moments. It is analogous to the P field in electrostatics. In electrostatics, the induced P field in a dielectric is proportional to the applied electric field. This is intuitive to me. Why though, in magnetostatics, is the M...